A popular actor has left everyone in shock and tears after he collapsed and died while on stage rehearsing for his new film.
A highly-talented Kenyan actor based in
Holywood died on Friday in an incident that has baffled many including
his family, The Kenyans reports..
It was gathered that the award-winning
Hollywood actor from Kenya, 43-year old Owiso Odera, who lived in Santa
Monica, collapsed and died while rehearsing on stage in Kentucky, USA.
Mr Odera, whose biggest showing was in
popular American series The Originals, had spent the last week acting on
location in Washington DC in a new film Measure Plus Dido.
While speaking to Newsmen on Sunday
about the sad incident, Odera’s brother – Peter Oruko – said the family
was yet to come to terms with the sudden demise of their brother.
“We are devastated by his demise. It is
like a bad dream. I haven’t come to terms with the news of his death,”
said his youngest brother Peter Oruko. “This is unbearable.”
A distressed Oruko described his brother
as a warm person who was in constant touch with the family, adding that
“the last time we spoke he insisted that I join him down in Santa
Monica to pursue my education.”
The deceased went to the US after
completing his studies at St Mary’s School. He later got a scholarship
to study at an Indiana College and proceeded to pursue a Masters Degree
in Fine Arts at the University of California San Diego.
While in the US, he joined a group of
highly talented actors in Hollywood and Broadway among them
award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o.
Odera is the son of prominent scholar
Prof Odera Oruko and has been survived by his wife Nicole and siblings
Roney, Sheilla, Sharon, Milly and Peter. The cause of his death is yet
to be established.
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